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October 15, 2013

Water & Helliwell join Team Schumacher

Schumacher are pleased to announce the strengthening of our UK Off Road team with the addition of two top racers, Nathan Waters and James Helliwell. Both drivers are BRCA National A finalists and Nathan is 2012-13 Worksop Schumacher Indoor Masters 2WD Champion. James is also responsible for the awesome Robin Hood Raceway. Both drivers will compete with the CAT K1 and Cougar SV2 at multiple winter series races and 2014 BRCA Nationals.

Source: Schumacher [racing-cars.com]

October 15, 2013

Martin Bayer wins Czech nats Rd6

The 6th round of the Czech 1/8th buggy nationals took place in Dolni Bukovsko. Although missing one round of the championship Xray’s Martin Bayer had good chances to win the overall championship on home soil after wrapping up this year’s German championship. The practice rounds had to be cancelled due to a water soaked track so everyone had to jump directly into qualifying and at the end it was Martin Bayer who took the overall TQ. At the start of the final Martin went out in front but soon got hit by backmarkers which cost him around half a lap and he was down to third position. He then soon recovered and was able to take the lead again. At he end he not only took the win in front of Xray teammates David Kukla and Jiří Mára but also the overall 2013 championship title.

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October 15, 2013

Protoform Mazda 6GX spotted

During last week’s IIC race in Las Vegas Protoform showed the follow-up model of the iconic Mazdaspeed6 body shell, the Mazda6 GX. It is understood that the body is designed to meet with the Global Body Spec rules, and it sports a “coupe-ish” roof line, a pronounced headlight/grille section, strengthening recessions behind the front fenders and around the door sections as well as a flat trunk section for improved airflow towards the rear wing. The new body is set to hit the stores in November.

Image: rc50.com

October 15, 2013

Adrian W successful at Jakarta Regional champs Rd5

The 5th round of the Jakarta Regional Buggy championship was held at the Boya Racing Track in Tajur, Indonesia. The schedule saw three 10 minute qualifying rounds with the best two to count. Malik Hakinen (Kyosho/Novarossi) took TQ but at the end of the 45 minute final it was Kyosho/Novarossi driver Adrian W who took the winning honours in front of Malik Hakinen and Yusuf Chopin (HongNor/Novarossi).

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October 15, 2013

Much More Perfect Diff Oil

Much More introduce their Perfect Diff Oil line of gear differential fluids. Developed with the help of 3-times Touring Car World Champion Marc Rheinard the fluids are ideal for all on-road and off-road vehicles with gear differentials. They come in handy bottles with easy application tip and are available as light #1000 to heavy #10000 variant with the 1000 to 6000 oils coming in 500 increments for an even finer adjustment of the diff action.

Source: Much More [muchmoreracing.com]

October 15, 2013

Xray announce the XB4 2WD buggy

Xray announce XB4 2WD

Xray announce the soon release of the XB4 2WD off-road buggy. Prototypes of the buggy have been seen in the hands of Xray’s factory drivers like Martin Bayer for some time now and giving its name – XB4 – the buggy is based on Xray’s successful 4WD buggy. This means the vehicle will very likely feature a rear mounted LiPo saddle or shorty pack with a mid or even front motor configuration – ideal for the upcoming indoor carpet racing season. The kit will also see the introduction of a new cab forward body shell with a radical cabin design and a low rear end section. More information about the XB4 2WD will become available very soon.

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]

October 15, 2013

Iwahara wins at Red Carpet Series Rd3

The third round of the Red Carpet on-road series was held by the Red Carpet Hobbyshop in Semarang, Thailand. The series is run in a Super Stock 10.5T class and saw the attendance of 21 drivers. Because of rain the organisers had to cancel the third and final round of the mains handing the win to Serpent driver Iwahara after two A-finals in front of Andre Frandong (Spec-R) and Jon Ambar (Hot Bodies). Donie W (Serpent) rounded out the top 4.

Source: Serpent [serpent.com]

October 15, 2013

Team Saxo 1/10th Formula body

Team Saxo Formula body

Team Saxo introduce their new Formula 1 body shell for most of today’s formula chassis. It features a narrow cab and sharp front end design to maximise airflow and minimising drag in order to help with top speed on flowing high speed tracks. The side pods are specially designed to allow for good aerodynamics and enough room for the electronics at the same time. The unnamed body will become available from beginning of November.

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